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ClassBento money-back guarantee

Our teachers and hosts are experts at what they do, which is reflected in their ratings and social media followings.

That's why we're confident to provide a money-back guarantee* on this class: If you're unsatisfied with a class, just leave the class at least 30 minutes before it ends, and tell us the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of the class, and we'll provide you with a refund.

Paint a Bumble Bee

With DIY craft box delivered to you

Create a painting of one of nature's marvels

This is a
ClassBento
LiveBox
class!
From the comfort of your home, share an artisan experience with your friends, family or colleagues, or just
enjoy with some like-minded others.
As seen on The Guardian, TimeOut, Broadsheet, Concrete Playground, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and more.
Here's how it works:

Book or Request your preferred time

We'll deliver a
ClassBento
Box to you
- this is a physical DIY craft box containing the materials you'll need.
Shipping is free, and it should arrive within 5 business days. We ship nationwide.

Enjoy the online class. You'll receive
a link to a Zoom meeting. On the day of the class, use that link to join the class. Class sizes are kept small, so you can easily ask questions and get immediate responses.
Zoom is free and easy to use, on any device - smartphone, tablet or laptop. You're in control of your privacy - you can mute yourself and hide your webcam if and when you prefer.

What you'll do

Jacinta Stewart is an Australian artist from Brisbane who has resided in New York City for the past 16 years. In this class, she will take you step by step through creating a gorgeous bumble bee image.

Once you understand the process you can continue on in your own time, and either produce a set to hang together as a series or gift them to friends and/or family members you may be separated from at the moment as a gesture of love and support at this time. The class focusses on teaching a process you can reproduce on your own (not just recreating the same exact image as the teacher)

In Jacinta's word's this class was inspired when:

"I visited New York in March and during my 14 day quarantine period when I returned I had a dream about painting bees. The next morning I googled images of bees and discovered that there are over 16,000 species.

I began to paint a bee each day and posted them to my Instagram page inviting commissions. My vision was that clients would hang the bees in their home during lockdown and it would serve as a “ mascot “ and reminder to

We believe everybody needs to express their creative selves from time to time and we wanted to create the perfect place for this to happen. Whether its enjoying the company of your family, friends, work bonding session or date night, The PaintBar is the perfect place to let your hair down, the paint spill and the drinks flow.

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Verified reviews

Elaine Bell
• May 2020

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Fantastic class. Really generous materials box with paper and an extra canvas to practice on. The 2 hours went really quickly and was full of information about techniques. As a beginner I found it challenging, but was pleased with what I achieved. Having access to the Zoom recording for a week is fantastic. Gives me a chance to go back over things in my own time. All up a fun and informative afternoon.

Nicole Reichmann
• May 2020

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Was a great class and very enjoyable. My only comment is that I think the class should have been longer as the picture was quite detailed so the teacher went very quickly in some stages. I look forward to finishing the picture. The art pack was well put together everything was there.

Anneliese Alloway
• May 2020

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I learnt lots about brush technique and loved being treated like I was capable to complete this painting. We got to ask questions and I loved the background story to the inspiration behind the painting. The kit that was sent was also very generous with an extra canvas. I found the pace pretty fast and was a bit stressed at one point, but having the recording to fall back on this week is fantastic and very helpful. Can’t wait to finish my painting! Thank you so much.

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